Question

You have 2/5 of a pizza left over from your pool party. If you sent 2/3 of the leftover pizza home with your friends, how much of the pizza do you have left in the box?

Answer 1

In order to determine how much of the pizza have left in the box, proceed as follow:

Multiply 2/3 by 2/5:

`(2)/(3)\cdot(2)/(5)=(4)/(15)`

It means that you sent 4/15 of the pizza you intially have.

Now, subtract 4/15 to 2/5 to determine the pizza left in the box:

`(2)/(5)-(4)/(15)=(30-20)/(75)=(10)/(75)=(2)/(15)`

Hence, the pizza in the box is 2/15 of the pizza of the party